Frank Valentine ALLISON

ALLISON, Frank Valentine

Service Number: 181
Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Hobart, Tasmania
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
Born: Launceston, Tasmania, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Lefroy, George Town, Tasmania
Schooling: Grammar School, Tasmania
Occupation: Mechanic
Died: Illness - instant pancreatitis, Egypt, 29 May 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Plot B, Grave 268 Chaplain G.H Gavin officiated, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Church Grammar School WW1 Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Hobart, Tasmania
20 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, 181, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, 181, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
29 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 181, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 181 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-05-29

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Biography

12 Battalion

Rank - Lance Sergeant

Died in Heliopolis Hospital, Egypt

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Frank and Emma Allison; husband of Gertrude E. R. Allison, of East Field, Cressy, Tasmania. .